Alexander WINSTON (b. 1829)

WINSTON, BENT, ANDERSON, TROUT

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Date: 6/2/2005 at 23:17:56

WINSTON, Alexander, wagon maker and farmer; born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan. 26, 1829; he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, in 1841; was among the first settlers in Rock Co. Was married there in 1849 to Erva A. Bent; she was born in Vermont Dec. 29, 1828; they came to this county in 1851; there were then only four houses in West Union, and nothing here but wild uncultivated land; he owns seventy-five acres of land and also a residence in town; have five children living - Erva L. (now Mrs. Anderson), resides in Kansas; Ella L. (now Mrs. Trout), John W.; Cora and George O.; lost three - Abbie May, Flora and Eddie A. Mr. Winston was Township Trustee one year, and School Director about four years. The family belong to the M. E. Church.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Fayette Township
Page 711